Plea in Supreme Court by nonagenarian to declare 1975 national emergency "unconstitutional"; Harish Salve to appear

The plea by Vera Sarin states that she and her husband were compelled to leave the country for fear of being thrown into jail due to unjustifiable and arbitrary detention orders issued against her husband.
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EmergencyNewspapers / Ragu Rai

Forty-five years after the Government of India proclaimed national emergency and forty-three years after it was lifted, a plea has been filed before the Supreme Court by a 94-year-old to declare the same as unconstitutional and also seeking compensation to tune of Rs. 25 crore.

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